Cultural Geography – UGC NET – Solved PYQs

Covered Topics:  Concept of Culture, Cultural Complexes, Cultural Areas and Region, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Ecology, Cultural Convergence, Cultural Diffusion.

1. The concept of ‘Cultural landscape’ was promoted by (DEC 2013)

(1) Ratzel
(2) Anne Buttimer
(3) Carl Sauer
(4) Wilbur Zelinsky

2. Which one of the following Islamic countries is predominantly of Shia sect? (DEC 2013)

(1) Iraq
(2) Iran
(3) Pakistan
(4) Afghanistan

3. Who, among the following, propounded the concept of Compage? (DEC 2013)

(1) Minshull
(2) Blache
(3) Whittlesey
(4) Isard

4. Organic Theory of the State was propounded by (DEC 2013)

(1) Mackinder
(2) Ratzel
(3) Haushofer
(4) Isaiah Bowman

5. Quasi-federal form of government is in (DEC 2013)

(1) USA
(2) Great Britain
(3) Russia
(4) India

6. The ‘Cultural Turn’ in geography has been responsible for (JUNE 2014)

(1) bringing social and cultural geography closer to each other
(2) social geography taking over cultural geography
(3) creating a void between social and cultural geography
(4) reducing the significance of social geography

7. Which one of the following authors has defined the phrase “Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs acquired by a man as a member of society”? (JUNE 2015)

(1) E. B. Tylor
(2) R. H. Lowie
(3) Kroeber
(4) Goldenweiser

8. Which one of the following regions is defined as “a contiguous geographical area characterized by cultural homogeneity”? (DEC 2015)

(1) Population region
(2) Geographical region
(3) Cultural realm
(4) Settlement zone